New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Saturday said he was studying whether specific supplements can delay muscle loss in microgravity conditions, which could help develop medicines for muscle degeneration in elderly people. In an interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the International Space Station, Shukla said he was also scheduled to conduct an experiment…
Kolkata: A security guard of a law college here was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of the institute earlier this week, even as the Kolkata Police formed a SIT to probe the case, amidst intensifying public protests over the incident. The total number of arrests has…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has reaffirmed its decision to introduce ‘Zumba’ dance in state-run schools as part of an ongoing anti-drug initiative, dismissing opposition to the move as more venomous than narcotic substances. The state’s General Education Minister V Sivankutty made it clear that the government would not roll back the programme despite criticism from…
Ahmedabad: Amid visible strains within the Congress party, Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor on Saturday (June 28) addressed growing speculation about his differences with the party leadership, affirming that any internal issues would be addressed through private discussions rather than public confrontation. Speaking at an event organised by the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor declined…
West Bengal, the land of Renaissance thinkers and revolutionary firebrands, today bleeds under a regime that has buried morality and ethics deep into the Bay of Bengal. For over 13 years now, Mamata Banerjee has lorded over the state as if it were her fiefdom. What was once a culturally vibrant and politically conscious state…
Inside the Supervisory Committee Chaos: When Petty Power Games Derailed Reform MS Shanker The tragicomedy unfolding within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) continues to offer a lesson—not in cricket administration—but in how not to run a public institution. At the heart of this slow-motion disaster lies a web of WhatsApp messages, passive-aggressive emails, backroom groupism,…
After the successful deployment of BrahMos missiles during the recent four-day conflict with Pakistan—where nine enemy air bases and an equal number of terror launchpads were decimated, including the headquarters of two of the world’s most dreaded terrorist organisations, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba—India is now poised to field an even more formidable weapon: the K-6 hypersonic…
In a landmark achievement, scientists at IIT-Delhi and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) demonstrated quantum communication over a distance of more than 1 km via a Free Space Optical (FSO) link. Why is this milestone so important to India? I write this article on the popular demand of our readers to explain the significance…
Let us raise a glass to Rahul Gandhi, who turned 55 last week – and is still Congress’s designated youth icon. Some men age like wine. Others ferment in the sun and still call themselves grape juice. In honour of the occasion, the birthday boy offered us a fresh philosophical insight that Japan’s train engines…
Recently, Trump used the ‘f’ word without giving any pretension of tongue slip while being asked about the Israel-Iran conflict before boarding his aircraft. Using slang is not at all news these days, where it is uttered at the drop of a hat, thanks to the evolution of language to slanguage, courtesy of social media….
